Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

Oncogenic KrasG12D causes myeloproliferation via NLRP3 inflammasome activation

  • Shaima’a Hamarsheh,
  • Lena Osswald,
  • Benedikt S. Saller,
  • Susanne Unger,
  • Donatella De Feo,
  • Janaki Manoja Vinnakota,
  • Martina Konantz,
  • Franziska M. Uhl,
  • Heiko Becker,
  • Michael Lübbert,
  • Khalid Shoumariyeh,
  • Christoph Schürch,
  • Geoffroy Andrieux,
  • Nils Venhoff,
  • Annette Schmitt-Graeff,
  • Sandra Duquesne,
  • Dietmar Pfeifer,
  • Matthew A. Cooper,
  • Claudia Lengerke,
  • Melanie Boerries,
  • Justus Duyster,
  • Charlotte M. Niemeyer,
  • Miriam Erlacher,
  • Bruce R. Blazar,
  • Burkard Becher,
  • Olaf Groß,
  • Tilman Brummer,
  • Robert Zeiser

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15497-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Oncogenic Ras mutations are common drivers in myeloid leukemia. Here, the authors show in patient cells and in mice that oncogenic K-Ras activates NLRP3 inflammasome to drive myeloproliferation, which can be reversed by genetic or pharmacologic NLRP3 blockade.